She doesn't look quite this large most of the time. She is very relaxed here and it really makes her look huge. I bred a few Peruvian Rainbow Boas a few years back and they got proportionately larger compared to what she shows in this photo. Their litters were in the low to mid 30s. I think that one litter was as high as 37. I don't know what to expect out of Anna Banana. This is her first cycle, so to be honest I'm tad concern about her size. At some point I'm sure it can become too much. I'm hopeful for a nice litter and a healthy, hungry mother.

With my rainbows I started daily misting of the cage so that there was no chance of the babies getting stuck to the newspaper or substrate. Have you done this in the past with greens? I want to make sure that they can get away from their mother once she starts moving. I'm typically out of the house for 12 - 15 hours per day so I think this will be important.

What time of day have you seen parturition with greens? The rainbows that I worked with typically popped in the early A.M. I would find them finishing up at about 4:30 in the morning. Back in the day I bred quite a few yellow anacondas and they seemed to have their babies at any time of the day. Although my memory could be bad. Have you seen any patterns with the greens?

Thanks, Karl

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